Carlos E. R. wrote:
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The Thursday 2008-01-31 at 17:51 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
The fact is that, if the modem requires a driver, it is not a standard modem and you will have problems making it work under linux. I have no
Remember, Carlos, even plain-jane external modems that plug into a traditional serial port require a "driver" in Windows...
Not a "real" driver. Perhaps terminal software, configuration parameters and such. But not a driver for the modem. At least, I haven't seen it.
On windows, if you don't install an external modem on a serial port, you can't use it -- as stupid as that sounds. So, the fact that this USB modem has a Windows driver doesn't mean much of anything -- because Windows requires drivers for modems that don't need drivers.
I have, in the past, had problems several times with modems that required special software to work, and in all cases they were internal modems.
Those aren't actually modems...they're primitive sound cards combined with software which emulates a real modem. A real modem being defined as one which does the job with nothing more than analog circuits, A/D + D/A converters, and the only digital logic circuits being the the 4 registers (input, output, control, and status) plus associated "glue logic" Any "modem" with a DSP chip on it is NOT a real modem.
Plain serial port external modems, no problems, ever. me, at least.
if I were him, I would just try catting the /dev/whatever file that the modem shows up as, and see if it responds.
I would try minicom. But I trust that if wvdial can not use it, there are serious problems. That's a very good program, I use it with preference to kinternet and such to really know what is happening with the connection.
The reason I suggest catting to it directly is that the capabilities of the modem can be tested directly. My guess is that he probably didn't specify the correct /dev file. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org